NEW AT SU-CATALOG SKETCH INSPIRATION

Hello friends! This month on the New at SU Blog Hop we are using the sketches on page 22 of the new Annual Catalog as inspiration for our creations!!! This group of international independent demonstrators is so creative, but sometimes it's nice to let someone else do the "thinking" for us! If you haven't noticed these sketches then I suggest you take a look!!! There are some amazing ideas there!

Here's my card:

Here is the inspiration sketch:

Now using a sketch is really fun! It gives you a "quick start"! You can see here I simply turned the card to  landscape instead of portrait. You can "copy" the sketch exactly or use it as inspiration! I did copy it pretty closely here-just turned it!

So I had fun  using all my new In-Colors on this! I just LOVE working with the Decorative Layering Masks! I think they make such a beautiful image & they are so easy! This Layers of Beauty combo of mask & stamp set makes such a pretty card!!!!

The outline of the image is stamped using Basic Gray to help soften the image! The Blending Brushes are the perfect tool to use here! And the mask is so easy to clean when you are finished!  The beautiful Unbounded Beauty 12x12 DSP is the perfect paper to coordinate!!! So many options in that pack to work with here! I kept it subtle!

The only other materials used on the card are the so fun                               Metallic Enamel Effects Basics (Silver) pack-full dislosure-I can't stop using these!!  lol And the Baker's Twine Essential Pack!

Now please go visit the other blogs listed below to see how they interpreted these awesome sketches!!! I'm sure you'll get some super creative ideas!!!

Happy Stampin'!!

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NEW AT SU BLOG HOP-SKETCH CHALLENGE

 

This month on New at SU Blog Hop this group of international Stampin' Up! demonstrators as been given a sketch challenge! Now these are my favorites! I love being given a "map" of sorts to follow! During a sketch challenge you can follow it exactly or add your own flair as long as it still follow the sketch! 

Here's the sketch:

Here's my card:

This card was a bit of work but so much fun to make!!!!!! The leaves were heat embossed on Vellum Cardstock using gold & copper embossing powders and the Autumn Leaves stamp set, and cut with the Autumn Leaves Dies. The backs were colored with Stampin' Blends to add some lighter color.

The backdrop paper is from the All About Autumn Specialty DSP! Oh so pretty!!!

Other materials used on this card are the So Sincere stamp set,                 Brushed Metallic Dots, Bakers Twine.

I hope you enjoyed this interpretation of the sketch! Now please go visit the other blogs listed below! I'm sure you'll find some great inspiration to try this sketch on your own!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

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>***************************************************************** If you are not working with a Stampin' Up! demonstrator already I'd love to share all our amazingness with you!! You can contact me HERE!  

You can find all the items above at my online store HERE! 

You can find Paper Pumpkin HERE!

COLORING DOWN THE MAMBO LINES!

Well, I'm back! Probably wondering where I've been! So, since about 2 weeks before convention until now, I've been all out with tons of activities!!! And I have sooo much to share!!! But I wanted my "comeback" to be on my favorite blog hop!!! I finally got to meet my "hoppers" in person at convention! I was so excited to put names to real faces (not just blog photos!)!  It was my pleasure & honor to meet such talented ladies! And dance up a storm with a couple!! ;)

Some of my gals:

So welcome back from Helen's blog! I've really missed you & am glad to see you again!!!

This weeks color choices are Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, 

Tempting Turquoise  OR Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant.  I chose the second because I feel like I've been using all the pretty bright colors for everything! I figured it'd be fun to get some of the "deeper" colors!!!

So here's what I came up with:

I used From My Heart stamp set. I find this set very useful! It's got great sentiments to just kind of fit in where you don't know what else to say! lol 

I made this card to go with a sketch challenge for my upline group this week. We had to use this sketch for our group swap. I thought that since things have been so crazy, why not combine & save a little time.

So here's the sketch:

I like having a sketch to kick off those ideas, but I find them stifling sometimes. This sketch was a fairly simple one. It didn't leave a lot of room for creativity. Sure, I could have embossed more, or added more bling, but I basically needed to "color inside the lines".  But these challenges also really make you think! I had to come up with something within those constrictions. While it's a pretty simple card, I think it's effective!

So pop on over now to Liz's blog & tell her I said hello my friend! It's been awhile!!! Glad to see you!!!

I promise lots of great convention stuff over the next couple of weeks! I have all  my swaps to share with you, as well as some of the amazing swaps I received!  I also have some fun pics of the great fun we had!!!

Happy Stampin'!